TC in St. Louis Posted April 22, 2009 Posted April 22, 2009 The Blues, down 3 games to 0 to the Canucks, had battled back from 2-0 to tie the game. They scored an apparent 3rd goal, which was in the net at least 2 seconds before the ref waved it off. They reviewed it. It was determined that he had intended to blow the whistle, therefore the play was dead and no goal. He was standing behind the goal watching the Blues score the goal, after which he waved it off. I don't understand why they took 10 minutes to review it if he had already blown it dead "in his mind." Why review it at all? I looked at the rules and noticed that the definition of a goal does not include putting it in the net from the side, like in the Sabres Philly game. Refs could've made the right call and elevated an entire city, and perhaps extended the series to game 5 in Vancouver. But he chose, in his mind, to take a pass.
RayFinkle Posted April 22, 2009 Posted April 22, 2009 The Blues are getting thier collective asses handed to them. If you want to see one sided BS calls, try watching a Pittsburgh playoff game. I'm convinced the refs are blowing Crosby in between periods.
TC in St. Louis Posted April 23, 2009 Author Posted April 23, 2009 The Blues are getting thier collective asses handed to them. If you want to see one sided BS calls, try watching a Pittsburgh playoff game. I'm convinced the refs are blowing Crosby in between periods. Hey, the series is over. They did not get their collective asses handed to them. They lost 3 games by 1 goal each, and they played hard. We're proud. But to call off a goal because the ref was thinking about blowing a whistle? Absurd. It's rough, this post-season business.
Big Turk Posted April 23, 2009 Posted April 23, 2009 Hey, the series is over. They did not get their collective asses handed to them. They lost 3 games by 1 goal each, and they played hard. We're proud. But to call off a goal because the ref was thinking about blowing a whistle? Absurd. It's rough, this post-season business. You guys got broomed...stop complaining...play better next time you get in the playoffs, whenever that might be...
TC in St. Louis Posted April 23, 2009 Author Posted April 23, 2009 You guys got broomed...stop complaining...play better next time you get in the playoffs, whenever that might be... Dude. I quote the head of officiating for the league: "if in his mind the play is over, then the play is over." This goal was in the net a full three seconds before the thought translated from his mind to blow a whistle. you can say what you want, but the goal would've given the Blues a 3-2 lead with a little over a period to go and THAT AIN'T NOTHING. That's what you call HOPE. I don't know why I would expect trash talking from a Sabres fan, after the NO GOAL and IN THE CREASE and WIDE RIGHT slogans that inhabit the minds of WNY sports fans, and I am one of them. I just thought I would point out that the NHL CREATED A NEW RULE, MUCH LIKE THE TUCK RULE, TO COVER THEIR ASSES ON A BAD CALL. I DON'T PRETEND THAT THE BLUES WOULD'VE EVEN WON THAT GAME. I'M POINTING OUT HYPOCRISY, SO STOP TRASHING ME FOR SHARING INFORMATION. THE BLUES SUCK THEY SUCK ASS. THEY BLOW DEAD RATS THEY STINK. THEY ARE THE WORST TEAM IN SPORTS. you feel better now? they made the playoffs, by the way.
Cornerville Posted April 23, 2009 Posted April 23, 2009 Devils got screwed in Game 4 by another team Bettman craves, Carolina
bills_fan_in_raleigh Posted April 23, 2009 Posted April 23, 2009 Devils got screwed in Game 4 by another team Bettman craves, Carolina I hate carolina but explain how devils got screwed??
TC in St. Louis Posted April 23, 2009 Author Posted April 23, 2009 It was BS Thank you, Taterhill. I just wanted somebody to acknowledge this. It was ridiculous. Like the goal that they gave Philly against the Sabres a few years back. If I were commissioner, I'd have been on the phone, screaming..."Hey, did you see that? It didn't go in the goal! It's not a goal. You can't keep that on the board, it didn't go in. Excuse me? What rule? You dropped the puck? Great, good job with that. Take the goal off the board, or you're fired. Everybody in the world saw it wasn't a goal, so you cannot count it as a goal. You insist? fine. get a new job. It's like a doctor pronounces a guy dead. The guy sits up and says, I'm not dead. You made a mistake. Doctor says, go ahead and cremate him, he was dead a minute ago.
Recommended Posts